Numbers in Glosa



Learn numbers in Glosa

Knowing numbers in Glosa is probably one of the most useful things you can learn to say, write and understand in Glosa. Learning to count in Glosa may appeal to you just as a simple curiosity or be something you really need. Perhaps you have planned a trip to a country where Glosa is the most widely spoken language, and you want to be able to shop and even bargain with a good knowledge of numbers in Glosa.

It's also useful for guiding you through street numbers. You'll be able to better understand the directions to places and everything expressed in numbers, such as the times when public transportation leaves. Can you think of more reasons to learn numbers in Glosa?

Glosa is an international auxiliary language (or auxlang) developed by the British Lancelot Hogben under the name Interglossa in 1943, which he further developed with Ronald Clark and Wendy Ashby (1972-1992).

List of numbers in Glosa

Here is a list of numbers in Glosa. We have made for you a list with all the numbers in Glosa from 1 to 20. We have also included the tens up to the number 100, so that you know how to count up to 100 in Glosa. We also close the list by showing you what the number 1000 looks like in Glosa.

• 1) mo
• 2) bi
• 3) tri
• 4) tetra
• 5) penta
• 6) sixa
• 7) seti
• 8) okto
• 9) nona
• 10) mo-ze
• 11) mo-mo
• 12) mo-bi
• 13) mo-tri
• 14) mo-tetra
• 15) mo-penta
• 16) mo-sixa
• 17) mo-seti
• 18) mo-okto
• 19) mo-nona
• 20) bi-ze
• 30) tri-ze
• 40) tetra-ze
• 50) penta-ze
• 60) sixa-ze
• 70) seti-ze
• 80) okto-ze
• 90) nona-ze
• 100) hekto
• 1,000) kilo
• one million) miliona

Numbers in Glosa: Glosa numbering rules

Each culture has specific peculiarities that are expressed in its language and its way of counting. The Glosa is no exception. If you want to learn numbers in Glosa you will have to learn a series of rules that we will explain below. If you apply these rules you will soon find that you will be able to count in Glosa with ease.

The way numbers are formed in Glosa is easy to understand if you follow the rules explained here. Surprise everyone by counting in Glosa. Also, learning how to number in Glosa yourself from these simple rules is very beneficial for your brain, as it forces it to work and stay in shape. Working with numbers and a foreign language like Glosa at the same time is one of the best ways to train our little gray cells, so let's see what rules you need to apply to number in Glosa

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Digits from zero to nine are rendered by specific names: ze [0], mo [1], bi [2], tri [3], tetra [4], penta [5], sixa [6], seti [7], okto [8], and nona [9].

The tens are formed by starting with the name of the multiplier digit, followed by the word for zero (ze), linked with a hyphen, except for ten: deka [10], bi-ze [20], tri-ze [30], tetra-ze [40], penta-ze [50], sixa-ze [60], seti-ze [70], okto-ze [80], and nona-ze [90].

The numbers names are formed following the positional way in Glosa, i.e. the digits are stated from left to right (from the higher power of ten to the lower), linked with hypens. Thus, we can form: mo-penta [15] (or one-five), mo-bi-tri [123] (or one-two-three).

The names of the powers of ten are an exception: deka [10] (or 10¹), hekto [100] (or 10²), kilo [1,000] (or 10³), and miliona [million] (or 10⁶).

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